Blog entries tagged Announcements

Surplus Items for March 25, 2013

Heather — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:03:59 +0100

Surplus Item list

(MS Word document)

Just a few days to enter the 2013 Teen Video Challenge!

Heather — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:51:56 +0100

Passing along this note from Matt Roach at the Washington State Library, regarding the 2013 Teen Video Challenge for the upcoming Summer Reading Program, "Beneath the Surface:"

Hello Everyone

Just a reminder, the Washington Teen Video Challenge ends this Friday, February 22nd. Please submit your entries by that date. If you have any ...

Library Now Offers Zinio Digital Magazines!

Heather — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:31:00 +0100

Columbia County Rural Library District is very excited to offer Zinio digital magazines for library patrons!

Zinio digital magazines are brought to you by RBdigital. The library subscribes to 26 different online magazines, including: Alaska, American Patchwork & Quilting, Bicycling, Discover, Horse & Rider, PCWorld, Prevention, Rock & Gem, Rolling Stone, Successful Farming, Taste of Home, and more. These online magazines are in addition to the print magazines already ...

Branch Manager position opening

Heather — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:58:08 +0100

The Columbia County Rural Library District is seeking a Branch Manager working a maximum of thirty (30) hours per week including evenings and Saturday for the Dayton Memorial Library.

Starting Salary: $15.11 per hour

Position will begin March 4, 2013

Position Description Summary:

Branch manager position reports to the Director and is responsible...

Trustee Position Open

Heather — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:52:27 +0100

The Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees announces an opening on the County Library Board of Trustees. The County Library Board is taking applications for anyone who is interested in a five-year term as trustee beginning April 1, 2013. Applications must be received by Chair Tanya Patton at the Columbia County Rural Library District by January 4, 2013. Applicants will be interviewed by the Library District Board of Trustees at their regular meeting in February. ...

Special Meeting Announcement: November 12th

Heather — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:19:41 +0100

The Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees announce a special meeting to take place on November 12, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Dayton Memorial Library in the Delany basement for the purpose of reviewing the 2013 preliminary budget. No action will be taken at the meeting.

Book a Librarian?

Heather — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:57:04 +0100

If you need help with basic computer skills, would like to find a few good books, or are having trouble downloading eBooks or eAudiobooks, you need to Book a Librarian! One-on-one consultation gives the librarian a chance to answer your question without interruption while giving us time to prepare any resources you may need.

Fiber Coming Soon!

Heather — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:55:24 +0100

Fiber to the library is coming soon! The Library Board of Trustees, director and staff’s desired outcome of providing a faster more efficient Internet connection to the library’s computers is almost realized. NoaNet is nearer to their completion date. Bringing the library’s existing network up-to-date required an upgrade for gigabit speeds to the library’s computers, which was completed in July. The library’s ...

Rural libraries to circulate eBook readers, thanks to grant!

Heather — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:56:37 +0100

Thanks to a recent grant award, library users in many southeastern Washington communities soon will be able to bring home books on a lightweight eBook reader.

The grant is named “eREADS in eWA”: Encourage Reading, Expanding Access and Device Sharing in Eastern Washington.

The Asotin County Library, Columbia County Rural Library District, Denny Ashby Library (Pomeroy), Neill Public Library (Pullma...

Friends of the Library Meeting Change

Heather — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:03:42 +0100

The August meeting of the Friends of the Library will be held on the 5th Wednesday, August 29th at 10:00 a.m.

This change is only for August.

Special Meeting: Strategic Planning Workshop

Heather — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:24:46 +0100

The Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees will meet Saturday, August 18th from 9 to noon for a Strategic Planning session for 2012 to 2014. Anyone is welcome to attend. No action will be taken at the meeting.

Questions? Contact the library:

382-4131

library@daytonwa.net

NeW Book Wednesday! And Catalog Search Info

Heather — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:31:57 +0100

Books for May 30th through June 6th (.pdf).

We would also like to let you know that our public catalog (library search) will be down from 6am to Noon on June 12th for a system upgrade. Please call us if you have questions!

382-4131.

EBSCO Databases Down on Saturday

Heather — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:30:18 +0100

Just a quick notice: all our EBSCO databases will be down from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday morning, June 9th, for EBSCO server upgrades.

Webinars available for OneClick Digital!

Heather — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:26:17 +0100

OneClick Digital -- one of our eAudiobook lenders -- is offering a webinar (online training) that demonstrates the service’s features on May 1st at noon!

The 45-minute program also includes a complete tour of the service and shows you how to create an account, install the OneClickdigital Media Manager, search for content, manage checkouts, and download and transfer audiobooks to listening devices.

You may register her...

Get Email Notification now with Koha!

Heather — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:36:42 +0100

Columbia County Rural Library District now provides email notification for various notices. The default notifications are:

Advanced three-day notification prior to when an item is due.
Overdue notification when an item is 10, 30, and 180 days overdue plus a letter will also be sent when an item is 30 and 180 days overdue.
Holds filled notification lets you know there is an item awaiting pickup at the library.